Coronation Street star Alan Halsall, who plays soap favourite Tyrone Dobbs, was reportedly set to star in the latest I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! before he was forced to pull out.
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EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams is commanding the court on BET.
The network’s unscripted courtroom series Ms. Pat Settles It premiered on October 18 with two episodes, debuting as the No. 2 show on primetime television for Black viewers as well as Black women in the 18-49 demographic.
The top series? Tyler Perry’s Sistas, which returned with the Season 6 midseason premiere on the same day. The series has been the No. 1 scripted cable series with Black viewers for five consecutive seasons, according to Paramount Global.
After three days of viewing, both series secured a combined average of 3.2M viewers, Nielsen data shows.
Ms. Pat Settles It drew a combined 1.6M viewers across Episodes 1 and 2 (874,000 viewers and 777,000 viewers, respectively), which were simulcast on BET and BET Her. On BET alone, Episode 1 managed 828,000 total viewers while Episode 2 held onto 718,000.
Among adults 18-49, the first episode scored a 0.34 rating across BET and BET Her. Episode 2 took home a 0.28, Nielsen reports.
Tyler Perry’s Sistas is ringing the victory bell after the midseason premiere episode drew 1.4M viewers on BET alone after three days of delayed viewing. The episode also managed a 0.71 rating among adults 18-49. That’s up from the 1.2M people who tuned in for the Season 6 premiere in June, which also managed a 0.6 rating.
The October 18 episode was simulcast on BET and BET Her, overall garnering 1.5M viewers and a 0.73 rating across platforms, L+3 Nielsen data shows.
Two episodes of Ms. Pat Settles It and another episode of Sistas air on October 25 starting at 9 pm. ET/PT on BET.
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“Maxine’s Baby.”The 54-year-old multi-talented Oscar winner appeared on the daytime talk show to promote the Prime Video doc, which dives into his traumatic childhood and surviving his abusive father, the uneasy road to box office success, and his mother Maxine’s unwavering love. Willie Maxine Perry, after whom Tyler modeled his famous Madea character after, died of cancer in December 2009.“This film, I will watch every time I need my own power,” Haines raved to Perry at “The View” table on Tuesday. “I wanted to run laps.
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